British Columbia Perinatal Health Program

Have any of you ever been diagnosed with perinatal depression?

several months after your child was born?

Public Comments

1. My wife was with the first one. For the second she took a little pill. It was like night and day.
2. My best friend just was. Her daughter is almost 9 months.
3. Yes, my son is 11 months old and I was just diagnosed last week. I believe it started in my last trimester. I was in denial about it for this whole time but I am glad I finally forced myself to talk about it. I waited WAY too long because I was embarrassed. I think that was a dumb reason for not going though. The doctor said it should take 2-4 weeks for the medicine to work and I have an appt with a therapist on Thursday. I have no side effects yet from the meds. I am just looking forward to getting back to normal.